The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 19, 1926
First Quarter
49.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:56 PM
2:28 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 49.4%
- Age
- 7.7 days
- Distance
- 404,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 42
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.5° apart in the sky.
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,100 km.
Exact values
For May 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 89.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 90.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 49.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.6° / 60.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 02m / 15.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 147.09° / 3.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.59° / -3.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 90.54° / -1.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.